Erol
Erol is a Turkish male first name and family name .
Origin and meaning
Erol is a common Turkish first and last name (family names were first introduced in Turkey under Ataturk in 1935 ). Erol is probably a short form of the two words "er oğlu" and means "hero". Literally, “he” can mean man , brave man , able man, or soldier . In the Turkish military he is still the lowest military rank today . “Oğlu”, however, means son.
Name bearer
First name
- Erol Aksoy (* 1946), Turkish entrepreneur
- Erol Alkan (DJ) (* 1974), British DJ and remixer of Turkish origin
- Erol Alkan (soccer player) (* 1994), Dutch-Turkish soccer player
- Erol Bilgin (* 1987), Turkish weightlifter
- Erol Boralı (* 1943), Turkish soccer player
- Erol Bulut (* 1975), Turkish soccer player
- Erol Dora (* 1964), Aramaic Turkish lawyer and parliamentarian
- Erol Erman (1942-2018), architect
- Erol Kahraman (* 1983), Turkish ice hockey player
- Erol Kaynak (* 1934), Turkish football player and coach
- Erol Keskin (1927-2016), Turkish soccer player
- Erol Manisalı (* 1940), Turkish journalist, author and economics professor
- Erol Mutlu (* 1952), Turkish wrestler
- Erol Önderoğlu (* 1969), Turkish journalist
- Erol Özkaraca (* 1963), German lawyer and politician of Turkish origin
- Erol Pürlü (* 1969), German Islamic scholar and imam
- Erol Sabanov (* 1974), German soccer player
- Erol Sander (* 1968), German actor of Turkish origin
- Erol Taş (1926–1998), Turkish actor
- Erol Togay (1950–2012), Turkish football player and coach
- Erol Tok (* 1951), Turkish football coach
- Erol Uysal (* 1963), Turkish sculptor and painter
- Erol Yanık (* 1944), Turkish football player
- Erol Yıldırım (* 1944), Turkish-German writer and teacher
- Erol Yıldız (* 1960), Turkish sociologist and author
- Erol Zavar (* 1964), Turkish journalist
family name
- Ahmet Erol (1921–2012), Turkish football player and official
- Ali Erol , Turkish LGBTI activist
- Aydan Erol (* 1940), Turkish Vice Admiral
- Lotte Erol (* around 1885, † after 1933), Austrian-German actress
- Metin Erol (* 1987), Turkish soccer goalkeeper
- Neşet Erol (* 1946), Turkish children's author, playwright and literary translator
- Savaş Erol (* 1951), Turkish football player and coach